Wingate Hezekiah LUCAS

(1908-1989)

LUCAS, Wingate Hezekiah, a
Representative from Texas; born in Grapevine, Tarrant County, Tex.,
May 1, 1908; attended the public schools, the North Texas Teachers
College at Denton, the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College
at Stillwater, and the Texas University at Austin; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1938 and commenced practice in Grapevine,
Tex.; served as an enlisted man in the United States Army from 1943
to 1945 with overseas service in the European Theater of
Operations; resumed the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to
the Eightieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1947-January 3, 1955); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in
Texas; government relations executive with General Electric in New
York City, 1958-1966; executive director of the Mid-Appalachia
College Council, 1966-1986; was a resident of Bristol, Tenn., until
his death there on May 26, 1989.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present